Cudapanthaka, Cūḍapanthaka: 2 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chudapanthaka.
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraCūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक) is the name of a Buddhist mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 39. Mahāpanthaka and Cūḍapanthaka were born from the union of a wealthy young girl in Rājagṛha and a slave. They were born at the side of a great highway which is why they were named Great Path and Lesser Path respectively. Raised by their grandparents, they embraced the Buddhist faith. Mahāpanthaka was the first to become a monastic and, shortly thereafter, welcomed his brother into the Order. Entrusted with his religious instruction, he gave him a very simple stanza to learn by heart: “pāpaṃ na kuryān manasā na vācā, etc.”, but Cūḍapanthaka was so dim-witted (duṣprajñā) that at the end of three months, he had not yet succeeded in memorizing it.
The Avadāna also mentions an episode concerning the future Arhat. The day that Cūḍapanthaka became a monk, the famous physician Jīvaka invited the Buddha and the Saṃgha except for Cūḍapanthaka whom he deemed to be too stupid. The Buddha accepted the invitation, but noticing that the Saṃgha was not complete, he refused to partake of the meal.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक) or Culla-pantha or .—q.v.; so read in Sukhāvatīvyūha 2.11 for Culla-patka, a monstrous form for which, amazingly, there is no ms. authority, whereas one ms. (reading -patthena) obviously intends -panthena (instr.) as the note points out (two mss. omit the word; the fourth -pacchena, surely for -patthena = panthena).
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Cūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक).—(Cūla°, Cūḍā°; also Culla-pantha, Śuddhi-panthaka, qq.v.; = Pali Cūla°), name of a disciple of the Buddha: Cūḍa° Mahāvyutpatti 1054 (v.l. Cūla°; Mironov Cūḍa° only); Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.206.4 ff.; Divyāvadāna 493.12 (in other places in Divyāvadāna called simply Panthaka, q.v.); Cūḍā° Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 43.1 (doubtless by error; v.l. Vṛddha-p°; not in Tibetan). The first element has nothing to do with cūḍā but means lesser, minor; he is contrasted with Mahā-panthaka Divyāvadāna 493.11, 12.
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Cūḍāpanthaka (चूडापन्थक).—see Cūḍap°.
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Cūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक) or Panthaka.—q.v. (younger brother of Mahā-p°): Divyāvadāna 485.28 ff.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Panthaka, Cuda.
Full-text: Panthaka, Dvadashavargiya, Pantha, Cullapantha, Sthulaksha, Mahapanthaka.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
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